From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Sep 8 17:38: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from s8-37-26.student.washington.edu (S8-37-26.student.washington.edu [128.208.37.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E15B15C6B for ; Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:37:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcwells@u.washington.edu) Received: from localhost (jcw@localhost) by s8-37-26.student.washington.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA02099 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 1999 05:33:36 GMT (envelope-from jcwells@u.washington.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: s8-37-26.student.washington.edu: jcw owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 05:33:35 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" X-Sender: jcw@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu Reply-To: "Jason C. Wells" To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: GM Fragmented / Auto Dodecopoly Bad For Users Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org GM released yet another version of "Automobile(tm)" today causing pundits to proclaim that fragmentation of the Automobile(tm) Transportation System (TS) would lead to a decline in the GM user base. GM was quick to reply that they weren't fragmented and that the line of TSes all had the same engine. Not good enough GM! Ford and Chrysler couldn't fool us with that line and neither can GM. In other news, the Dodecopoly of TS makers continues to destroy the market for TSes. "We users have to choose from only twelve different TSes. It's terrible." Another pundit states, "This hegemony of the 'Big Twelve' has to be stopped or the thirteenth TS on the market will fade into obscurity!" These arguments are absurd. I have been reading Brett Glass rant here for a year. Just like the rumors of Apple's demise, Brett's dire warnings are getting pretty tiresome. Look... who really gives a hoot what the other guy is doing. FreeBSD is a better product in its own segment than any other product in the world. But what I really mean to say is, "Brett, Go piss up a rope!" Thank You, | http://students.washington.edu/jcwells Jason Wells | "Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither | freedom nor security." - Benjamin Franklin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message